What do you think of the newest Ted Cruz campaign video, “Scorpion in the Desert”?

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If one does not diagnose a cancer, it can’t be cured. Which leaves me wondering why Cruz does not give the identity of scorpion metaphor.

For the record, I could plug in Iran, Wahhabi Islam, ISIS, Obama, radical feminism, the Supreme Court or progressives. While any of them would make sense, I am not sure which one Cruz has in mind. The bigger problem is, for low information voters, they might just be left mystified, having no idea to whom or what Cruz is referring, thus negating the impact of what is otherwise a good ad.

MichaelAdams

Knowing Ted, I’d say the scorpion is Islam. Not speaking Voldemort’s name is a debatable tactic, but I can surely see the advantage of that approach.

Wolf Howling

Well, given the desert setting, you are probably right. Now if he had picked a black widow spider in Chappaqua . . .

blick

I like it. Anybody that objects is self-identifying with the scorpion. It won’t fizz on the LowInfo people anyway, but that would take a 2×4 to make an impression. Might have helped tho, to make the scorpion bright green with a checkered neck scarf.

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